we should take that d hold it up. -- it was ndi's vice chairman, the founding chair of ndi talked about this notion of imposing democracy, which she called an oxymoron. democracy is about choice. it is not about imposition. but it is overcoming this stereotypical view of what democracy promotion is. americans going overseas and standing in front of a classroom, telling them to adopt this structure or support this principle, but it is something much more complex and profound than that. mark: the strength of the or ment comes not from iri ndi. it from students in hong kong. it comes from women in belarus. it comes from the ladies in white in cuba. that is the power of this. what we can do is stand with them and help to provide tools and assistance and support. but make no mistake, if it does not start overseas, it fails. it can't possibly succeed. but when it starts overseas, there's no stopping it. that is what scared the authoritarians. when authoritarians do their crackdowns, that is not a sign of strength, it is a sign of weakness. they are afraid of their own people. ken: oftentimes,

>> in the eye staff -- ndi staff has 100 nationalities and the staff. a yemeni ran our program in afghanistan. institute areur not necessarily an american face. i think that has an important impact. yet the relationships with the parties are important. i have always said this. because it provides some standing, some reputation. where part of an international club of parties around the world. there are 350 parties that belong to this club. so we can go into a country, work at the grassroots, than the next day, meet with the president or prime minister on they keepes, because us as arms of americans into shoes. it provides an important calling card and establishes important relations. it is a multinational effort. that is what i think gives the endowment and other organizations, as well as well, a great deal of strength and credibility. >> one of the most important principles in the work that we do is we make it clear, not every democracy is the same. that every democracy needs to look like ours. we have to understand the cultural context. it has to be th

the government they say this present government and the government before last of christina for the ndis the kitchen so a whole bunch of frustration oh go bang go which is uniting these people these monthly protests that are growing by the. who are problematic were angry because this is the end of the republic this government is walking all over our democratic institutions the justice system seems to favor these delinquents. argentina is living through difficult times the messages from president fernandez are only dividing origen times we are on the streets to say we've had enough of this government. a few weeks ago we had a pro-government demonstration in exactly this spot civil the numbers of people which gave us some idea of the polarized nation in argentina as the summer months approaches the days get hotter and the frustration that people feel against the lingering culprit 19 pandemic rescuers in guatemala have found more bodies dumped in landslides triggered by a tropical storm the death toll stands at 27 but at least 100 others are still missing and feared dead and it devastated a